Marion County

A proposal that would leave the long-criticized Marion County township small claims courts intact with modest changes has
cleared the Indiana Senate. The bill would raise the limit on disputes from the current $6,000 to $8,000.

Released inmates in Indianapolis are subjected to a “standard operating procedure” of re-arrest and being held
behind bars – sometimes for days – after being acquitted, freed by a judge or posting bond, alleges an amended
federal complaint filed against the Marion County Sheriff’s Department.

The Indianapolis legal community was divided in the early 1990s over a plan to concentrate domestic relations cases into specific
courts. The proposal became a reality, but the reality became too burdensome.

Released inmates in Indianapolis are subjected to a “standard operating procedure” of re-arrest and being held
behind bars – sometimes for days – after being acquitted, freed by a judge or posting bond, alleges an amended
federal complaint filed against the Marion County Sheriff’s Department.

A Mexican restaurant that is part of a chain which has been under investigation by Marion and Tippecanoe county officials
will not have insurance funds seized from a bank account returned, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Thursday.

The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a defendant’s claim that his motion to suppress drugs and guns found by police
at a storage locker through the use of a GPS unit should have been granted because attaching the device to his car for purposes
of gathering information was a search under the Fourth Amendment.

A deaf man’s federal lawsuit against Indiana courts claiming the state failed to provide a sign language interpreter
for mediation in his child custody hearing has survived the state’s initial efforts to dismiss.

The Marion County Sheriff’s Office is facing a proposed class-action lawsuit from defendants who were jailed in some
cases for days after being found not guilty, posting bond or being ordered released by a judge.

A Marion County woman who forged a name and attorney number on a divorce filing had her criminal convictions upheld Friday
by the Indiana Court of Appeals. The woman gave false attorney information because she didn’t want the litigant to have
to watch a video about filing pro se.

Five judges with a combined bench experience of more than a century are departing the Marion County courts at the end of the
year, joining dozens of jurists around the state who are calling it a career.

The former Marion County Center Township accountant who pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $340,000 also should pay the
cost of investigating his wrongdoing, the Indiana State Board of Accounts says.